Brown’s Will ‘Drawn Up Before Birth’

James Brown’s will was drawn up 10 months before the birth of his 5-year-old son and over a year before his marriage to his widow Tomi Rae Hynie, according to reports.

Hynie has been fighting allegations her marriage wasn’t legal since the Godfather of Soul died on Christmas Day, after Brown’s family attorneys claimed he told them of his suspicions that the boy isn’t his biological son.

Strom Thurmond Jr., Brown’s probate attorney, reportedly told a reporter for The Augusta Chronicle the will was signed on August 1, 2000.

The soul star’s six other children — who are named in the will — even attempted to cut Hynie and her son out of their father’s funeral plans last month, suggesting the marriage was a sham.

Emotional Hynie, who was in rehab addressing her painkiller addiction when Brown died, has gone public on various news shows declaring her marriage was legal and Brown is the father of her son James Brown II.